Jonathan Kießling

Doctoral Researcher, research associate, Clinic coordinator

FAU Forschungszentren
FAU Forschungszentrum Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN)

Kochstraße 4/5
91054 Erlangen
Germany

Email: jonathan.kiessling@fau.de
Website: https://www.oer3.rw.fau.de/chren-human-rights-clinic/

Topic of the dissertation: “Proceduralisation and Substantialisation in Pushback Cases – the prohibition of collective expulsion under Art. 4 Prot. 4 ECHR and its relationship to human-rights-based non-refoulement” (working title)

• PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Dr. Anuscheh Farahat, LL.M. (Berkeley)

• Since 2024: Research Associate at the CHREN, Coordinator of the CHREN Human Rights Clinic

• 2021-2024: Research Associate at the Chair for Public Law, Migration Law and Human Rights (Prof. Dr. Anuscheh Farahat), Coordinator and Supervisor of the FAU Human Rights Clinic

• 2014-2021: Law Studies at University of Bayreuth (Germany) and University of Tartu (Estonia), specialisation in “Human Rights: History, Contexts, Universalisation”

Supervision: Prof. Dr. Anuscheh Farahat

Expected duration of dissertation: September 2025

Contact: jonathan.kiessling(at)fau.de